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Follies
Dir.: Dominic Cooke | 166 minutes

Follies

166 minutes | English | Hebrew subtitles

New York, 1971. There’s a party on the stage of the Weismann Theatre. Tomorrow the iconic building will be demolished. Thirty years after their final performance, the Follies girls gather to have a few drinks, sing a few songs and lie about themselves.

Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical is staged for the first time at the National Theatre and broadcast live to cinemas. Tracie BennettJanie Dee and Imelda Staunton play the magnificent Follies in this dazzling new production. Featuring a cast of 37 and an orchestra of 21, it’s directed by Dominic Cooke (The Comedy of Errors). Winner of Academy, Tony, Grammy and Olivier awards, Sondheim’s previous work includes A Little Night MusicSweeney Todd and Sunday in the Park with George.

Includes introduction, behind-the-scenes features

Tickets: 75 NIS / Members: 50 NIS

 
 

Jaw-droppingly great.’ Independent

Unmissable. Razzmatazz, poignancy and cracking songs.’ Daily Telegraph

Imelda Staunton is unforgettable in Sondheim’s showbiz stunner.’ Guardian

Spectacular. Outstanding.’ Financial Times

Stunning. An extraordinary cast.’ Time Out

A perfect production.’ Metro

Triumphant. Produces tears, cackles and goosebumps, sometimes all together.’ Sunday Times

Tremendous. This bittersweet musical is still a sensation.’ Observer

A perfect, devastating evocation of the pain of looking back’ Time Out

‘Imelda Staunton and Janie Dee are perfect leads for this huge, stunning Sondheim revival’ Time Out

It’s a case of knockout after knockout. The hairs on the back of my neck were begging for mercy for they got barely a moment’s peace, what with the thrilling sound of the orchestra (under Nigel Lilley’s fantastic musical direction) and the tightly drilled choreography of Bill Deamer.’ Independent

Follies is an elegiac, eloquent work about age and disappointment, about the agonising clash between the fires of youth and the pragmatism of late middle age. It is about illusion and reality, razzle-dazzle and darkness. And it pierces both heart and brain in Dominic Cooke’s towering revival.’ Time Out

One listens in wonder. The score is so rich that no sooner has a certain number registered as a favorite, another comes along to supersede it.’ New York Times